Pros: The compensation at Bloomberg for entry-level qualified positions is relatively high. It is a well-known company and a very recognizable brand name.

Cons: There is very little upside to working at Bloomberg. The compensation system is nowhere near ideal, as your bonus for this year is paid out in the following year, to ensure that you stay at the company. Mobility is extremely limited, and it seems that the company has been moving backwards ever since Bloomberg left the company to become mayor.

Pros: High pay, free food, beautiful building, great location, and smart people.

Cons: Ancient architecture, no coding standards, no commenting of code, no documentation. Poorly designed and documented, buggy, incomplete GUI framework which you are forced to use. Weird UI standards, little inter-group code sharing, poor common tools.

Pros: Pantry, seeing and meeting people due to the special "design" of the work environment, sunlight in the buildings, good work-life balance. Good opportunities to make an impact with your work and get to know many people, but don't expect your good work and sweat to get you a promotion or anywhere meaningful.

Cons: Certainly not a place to have a career. Flat organizational structure has its pros and cons. Culture can be very petty. They promote "lifers" to managerial positions, some of whom are seriously not employable elsewhere. Great place to work right out of college, but not after 30. Pay is not very competitive, but they will pay more to someone else to do the same job when hiring from outside. Once you're in the company, you virtually have no place for negotiating salary unless you have an offer from somewhere else. Once you resign, you need to vacate the premises immediately after HR interview, which appears to be about checking boxes and more employee surveys.